FCC Responds to Comcast
8.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By Raul Magallanes
Where there is a will there is a way… or a “third way” in U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lingo. In its June 17 open meeting, the FCC released a Notice of Inquiry in order to... read more
Tiscali GM Cautious About Take-Up of New Eutelsat-Powered Broadband Service
7.28.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Italian Internet service provider Tiscali signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications earlier in July to launch a satellite broadband service in Italy that will be powered by... read more 
Harbinger-SkyTerra LTE Deal Worth $7 Billion: Will Satellite Play a Major Role?
7.20.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Harbinger Capital’s eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE satellite and mobile broadband network for wireless providers may... read more
What is Telecommunications?
7.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By Raul Magallanes
What is telecommunications? Most people will point to the Greek prefix tele, meaning “distance,” and say that telecommunications is “communications at a distance.” Dictionaries define... read more
Asia’s Top Satellite Leaders Assess Broadband Prospects
6.11.2010 | Satellite News | Mark Holmes
Satellite broadband generally has been a hot topic at satellite events throughout the past several years. In the United States, Hughes and WildBlue (now owned by ViaSat) have close to... read more
Broadband Blooms
6.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By Max Engel
Years ago, I did a study on terrestrial versus satellite broadband. At the time, not so long after the failure of initiatives such as Teledesic, it was easy to be negative about satellite broadband. Satellite... read more
Markets You Cannot Miss: What Will Be Hot
6.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By greg berlocher
With economic uncertainty continuing to influence activity around the globe, operators and equipment manufacturers need to identify the areas that will be healthy in the future and make smart investments... read more
Broadband Pendulum Swings: FCC Hoist With Its Own Petard
6.01.2010 | Via Satellite | By Owen D. Kurtin
In February, we discussed satellite broadband and the pending release of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s National Broadband Plan . Released in March (available at www.broadband.gov)... read more
Small Changes May Signal New Era in Asia-Pacific Region
6.01.2010 | Via Satellite | Staff Writer
The opening of CommunicAsia comes at what could be the beginning of a new era in the Asia-Pacific region. For many years, the satellite communications sector has viewed the region with a sense of frustration... read more
Hughes State GSA Broadband Contract Initiative Picks Up Colorado, Texas
5.25.2010 | Satellite News | Jeffrey Hill
Hughes Network Systems’ quest to provide U.S. state governments with Spaceway 3 satellite service has taken a leap forward this week with the award of two Indefinite Delivery... read more
